Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As you know, all of the issues you raise, Senator Ludlam, I am very sympathetic to. We are going through a new process that I believe deserves a chance before we need to move to where you have arrived at. I would invite your participation in all of those reviews that you have been talking about. I know that whether or not I invited you I would be going to get it! So I think that we should see how these new processes work before we jump to where you are. I look forward to my ongoing work with the ACCAN group—and I know you work closely with them as well—to see if we can improve these processes that we are going through which will allow us to incorporate many of the issues that you have raised. I think it is a little unfair to suggest that we are not addressing those through this process. I look forward to your ongoing participation and cooperation in those processes.

Question negatived.